Errors in Tense Formations

Belajar Toefl Dot Com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:51:27 +0000

Check if the tense has been formed correctly. Know the past participle of irregular verbs!

Examples :

incorrect : Some one had broken into the office and stole the files.

correct : Some one had broken into the office and stolen the files.

incorrect : Her advisor was pleased with the topic which she had chose for her thesis.

correct : Her advisior was pleased with the topic which she had chosen for her thesis.

incorrect : Having just drank some water, I wasn`t thirsty.

correct : Having just drunk some water, I wasn`t thirsty.

incorrect : He throwed it out the window.

correct : He threw it out the window.

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Errors in Verb Tense

Belajar Toefl Dot Com — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:49:25 +0000

Check if the correct verb tense has been used in the sentence. In Reported Speech, check that the rule of sequnce of tenses has been observed.

Examples:

Incorrect : She Said she doesn`t know his phone number.

Correct : She said she didn`t know his phone number.

Incorrect : He tells us that he had been to the mountains before.

Correct : He tells us that he has been to the mountain before.

Incorrect : She promised she will come .

Correct : She promised she would come.

Incorrect : As we ate dinner, the phone rang.

Correct : As we were eating dinner, the phone rang.

Incorrect : when I came home, the children still didn`t finish dinner.

Correct : when I came home, the children still hadn`t finished dinner.

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